Mobile suit obsessives around the world can thank artist Kogoro Kurata and robotics expert Wataru Yoshizaki for the robot frame, which has space to house a pilot inside. The mech's touchscreen UI even includes a Kinect-based movement interface and the shudder-inducing "smile-activated" twin BB gatling guns.

Yeah, so the gatling guns only fire BB's. And the missile launchers shoot water bottles. Still, I guarantee they could be modded to be lethal by SPOILER, PLEASE NO TERRORISTS READ THIS: replacing them with real weapons. "Dammit GW, what have you done?!" I did bad, didn't I?

Hit the jump for two videos, the first of the unveiling, the second a much more worthwhile one of a girl showing the thing off (smile-activated gatling guns at 2:45).

Thanks to Boomsling, Cameron B, and Tony, who built their own giant mechas out of cardboard but they dissolved in the rain because their parents wouldn't let them keep them in the garage.

This isn't actually real though right? Seems pretty impractical and slow (the arms at least). Can you just buy a tank for that price? Anyway, if it's real, i'm retreating to my nuclear bunker. See yas

MAS

omg do not bring this to USA

Bill

Yeah, please don't let Republicans get hold of these.

"But mechs don't kill people; people with mechs kill people!"

Gob

"HAHA, Dude awesome Joke! Wait.. shit i just blasted an orphanage."

ZanshinKyo

The targeting system is the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Ready to create ED-209! "You have 20 seconds to comply'"Still I was a bit disappointed that it has wheels and doesn't walk. How are you going to stomp on cars in that thing???

Ninja_Cricket

I thought the smile was a joke from GW. That's just nuts. Also, Dear Santa, I know what I want for Christmas.

ZomBBombeR

I hardly know where to start with this, I guess I'll start by saying I got over wanting mechs when I was 14 or so, however it's the next logical step from tanks so it was only a matter of time before a funtional one existed, the smile fire feature seems really entertaining after all if your not smilling when killing; why do it? but hopefully it can be disabled for obvious reasons. I would love to try one of these things out for the hell of it but I think I'll hold out until it uses 2 legs with feet rather than 4 w/ wheels, also a jetpack or some sort of flying propulsion system would be nice and it could benefit from a better power source after all, it's alledgedly "gasoline fueled and runs on a diesel engine"...uhh what? if anyone can explain that it'd be appreciated, plus a bot/mech/suit that can't even pick it's self up and may explode from being knocked over is sorta weak, but exploitable...